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by iovrthoughtthis 2671 days ago
I’ve stopped doing it reactively and instead take 30 mins at the start of my day to roughly plans out when I’ll be doing things in my calendar.

I get a notification 15 mins before a task change occurs so I can decide either to continue because I’m on a role (often not the case, actually just flailing at a bug) or move on.

If plans change I can usually retrofit my day as the calendar reminds me of the general structure.

It’s worked significantly better for me than reactively tracking my time unless the task length is small e.g. sub 30 mins (something like marking a single students work).